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Friday, February 14, 2014

Let me start by saying that I don't get a lot of time to knit and this shawl has been on my knitting needles since mid December 2013. Oddly it seems that I get more knitting done over the Summer months than the cooler Winter months. Perhaps I am knitting in the hope for a quick change in seasons. A short Summer is a good Summer.

The Ashburn Shawl is an easy knit with a fair amount of simple garter stitch (great for beginner shawl knitters); and a pattern perfect for the intermittent knitter as it is easy to pick up after a short hiatus. I wear shawls throughout the cooler months wrapped more like a scarf rather than a traditional "draped around the shoulders" shawl. I have a quite a number of shawls. Some are worn more often than others. Some have been gifted. Some have been misplaced - oops!

This shawl is is keeper. I love these wearable colors and I also really like that the shawl is super long, measuring more than 80 inches along the top edge. It will wrap and wrap beautifully.

For more pictures and all the details including links to the Ashburn Shawl pattern check out my Ravelrypage:

Very, very gorgeous. Love the colors and the color names!:) All I can do with knitting needles is purl...or knit...don't know which is which and I have to hold one of the needles between my knees or it takes me forever!!

I've signed up for a class online...now I just need to find the time and with 17+ inches of snow on the ground I think a warm shawl would be great to grow on my lap!:)